Stable Block Approximately 50 Metres North West Of Newburgh Priory

NEWBURGH NEWBURGH PARK SE 57 NW 2/67 Stable Block approx- - imately 50 metres north- west of Newburgh Priory GV II

Former stable block, now used for storage and partly as an electricity sub- station. Early C18, for the 4th Viscount Fauconberg, possibly with assistance from William Wakefield; altered mid C19. Ashlar sandstone, partly pecked, partly rendered leaving ashlar dressings exposed, Welsh slate roofs. 2 storeys, 5 x 3 bays, originally a quadrangle in plan with a central courtyard, later roofed in. Rusticated quoins. South side: rendered; central leaved 4-panel door below 3-pane fanlight in door case with bonded pilasters, imposts and round arch of alternately enlarged voussoirs and tripartite keystone; on ground floor, sash windows with glazing bars in rusticated surrounds with stepped voussoirs to flat arches, alternate voussoirs pecked; in between the bays, 4 oculi in archi- traves; first floor sill band and 6-pane sash windows in architraves; ashlar cornice; hipped roof. Rear: ashlar; 4 bays; ground floor from left: sash window with glazing bars in raised keyed surround; 2 oculi; sash window as before; central 6-panel door with keyed surround to typanum; other side matching; on first floor, 6-pane sash windows in raised surrounds, the 4th blind, with 2 chamfered single-light windows to left; cornice; brick ridge stacks between 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th bays. Left return: rendered; ground-floor openings with alternately raised voussoirs, the central doorway blocked to form Diodetian win- dow, flanked by Diodetian windows; first-floor central loading door, flanked by 4-pane sash windows, all in raised surrounds; cornice. Right return: ashlar; central doorway with keyed architrave partly-blocked to form 6-pane window, flanked by 6-pane windows in partly-blocked keyed openings; first-floor sill band and 6-pane sash windows; cornice. Interior: granite setts to floor; C19 stable fittings; C19 gas light fittings; strutted principal rafter roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SE5421876530